Bottle and like package



Aug. 24; 1937. R. L. McNElL 2,091,212

BCTTLE AND LIKE PACKAGE Filed Jan. 5, 1935 der@ Waag y v Patented Aug. 24, ...1937

UNITED STATES BOTTLE AND LIKE PACKAGE Robert Lincoln McNeil, Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to McNeil Laboratories, Inc., Philael1'lhia,v Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania f Application January 5, 1935, Serial No. 565

l 4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvement in bottle and like packages of th'e type used in the drug trade for distributing pills and capsules.

It is customary in such packages to employ a wadding at the top of the container to immobilize the pills or capsules to thereby prevent the damage which might occur if they were left free to move in the containers. This wadding ordinarily'takes the form of an elongated strip of cotton or similar soft material which may be inserted in the top of the container to fill the space between the normal level of the pills or capsules and the cover. Considerable dizliculty is frequently experienced in removing this Wad- -T- ding from the container, and a principal lobject of the invention is to facilitate such removal so that' access may more readily be` had to the contents. .y

The invention will be understood from the attached drawing, in W ich:

Figure 1 is a fragme tary view in perspective of a package made in accordance with my invention showing the cap or closure removed;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary View in perspective showing an element of the package;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View of the package shown in Fig. 1 with the cap or closure in position on the container;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional View illustrating a modification within the scope of the invention;

and Y Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of an element of the package shown in Fig. 4.

With reference to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawing, the container therein shown for the purpose of illustrating the invention consists of a bottle I having at the top a neck 2 provided with screw threads for securing a cap 3 to the bottle. In Fig. 3, the container is shown partly filled with pills 4, and the space between the upper level of the pills and the cap 3 is shown substantially filled with wadding 5 in the form of an elongated strip of cotton, which in accordance with the usual practice is stuffed into the top of the bottle for the purpose of immobilizing the pills 4 and preventing their movement inthe container during shipment.

In accordance with the present invention, I provide a disk 6, the diameter of which is such that the disk may rest upon the top of the neck 2, as shown in Fig. 3, and the disk is provided with a central aperture through which is Vinserted one end of the packing strip 5, see Fig. 2,

the said strip having a tendency when thus inserted to retain its position in the .aperture by friction. With the disk applied to the strip and the strip inserted in the bottle, as shown in Fig. 3, the elfect of applying the cover 3 to the bottle I in the usual manner is to cause the disk .6 to become secured by the threads of the cap in the bottom of the cap cavity, so that when subsequently the cap is removed, the disk 6 together with the attached end of the packing 5 will come away with the cap, as illustrated in Fig. 1. In this manner, the act of removing the cap 3 will also effect a Withdrawal of the packing strip 5. Subsequently, the strip 5 may either be withidrawn from the aperture of the disk 6 or the disk in its entirety removed from the cap so that the latter may be used thereafter in normal manner to close the container without the necessity for reinserting the packing strip 5 in the latter. It will be noted that in this embodiment of my device the disk 6 functions as a gasket to effect a sealing of the container when the cap is in place.

A modification of the invention is illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, wherein a disk 'I is employed of lesser diameter than the inside diameter of the neck of the container I. The disk 1 is apertured as described for reception of one end of CTI the packing strip 5, and in addition to the aperg ture 8, see Fig. 5, the disk may be split at 9 to facilitate the application of the disk to the packing strip. In this case, when the cap 3 is removed from the bottle, the disk 'I and the end of the packing strip secured thereto 'necessarily present a readily available means for withdrawing the packing strip, which may then be discarded.

It will be apparent that there may be consid- .erable modicationof the devices as illustrated Without departure from the invention as dened in the appended claims.

I claim: y 1. In packages utilizing bottles and like containers and of the character employed in the lpharmaceutical trade for distributing tablets, pills, capsules and the like, said package comprising cotton or other integral wadding inserted in the top of the container so as to completely fill the space immediately above the said tablets or 'other contents and compacted in said space to an extent immobilizing said contents inthe bottle to thereby prevent damage to and to exclude moisture from said contents, the combination with said container and said wadding, of -means for facilitating removal of the latter from the container, said means comprising an element attached to the wadding and supported at the mouth of the container in position to be readily grasped by the ngers, whereby when said element is lifted away the attached wadding is Withdrawn from the container.

2. In packages utilizing bottles and like containers and of the character employed in the pharmaceutical trade for distributing tablets, pills, capsules and the like, said package comprising cotton or other integral wadding inserted in the top of the container so as to completely ll the space immediately above the said tablets or other contents and compacted in said space to an extent immobilizing said contents in the bottle to thereby prevent damage to and to exclude moisture from said contents, the combination with said container and said wadding, of a closure for said container, and means for attaching said wadding to the closure, whereby when said closure is released and lifted away from the container the attached wadding is withdrawn from the latter.

3. In packages utilizing bottles and like containers and of the character employed in the pharmaceutical trade for distributing tablets, pills, capsules and the like, said package comprising cotton or other integral wadding inserted in the top of the container so as to completely fill the space immediately above the said tablets or other contents and compacted in said space to an extent immobilizing said contents in the bottle to thereby prevent damage to and to exclude moisture from said contents, the combination with said container and said wadding, of means for facilitating removal of the latter from the container, said means comprising a disk sup ported at thev mouth of the container in position to be readily grasped by the ngers and having a restricted aperture through which a portion of said wadding is forced to thereby attach the disk to the wadding, whereby when said disk is lifted away the attached wadding is withdrawn from the container.

' 4. In packages utilizing bottles and like containers and of the character employed in the pharmaceutical trade for distributing tablets, pills, capsules and the like, said package comprising cotton or other integral wadding inserted inI the top of the container so as to completely ll the space immediately above the said tablets or other contents and compacted in said space to an extent immobilizing said contents in the bottle to thereby prevent damage to and to exclude moisture from said contents, the combination with said container and said wadding, of a closure for said container in the form of a hollow screw cap threaded to and embracing the top of the container, and a ilexible disk adapted to seat on the top and over themouth of said container and having an aperture through which a portion of said wadding is forced to thereby attach the disk to the wadding, said disk being of a diameter to secure itself in the bottom of the cap recess when the said cap is threaded onto the container, whereby when the cap is subsequently released and lifted away with the disk the attached wadding is withdrawn from the container.

ROBER'IIl LINCOLN' MCNEIL.

DISCLAIMER 2,091,212.-Robert Lincoln McNeil, Philadelphia, Pa. BOTTLE AND LIKE PACKAGE. Patent dated August 24, 1937. Disclaimer filed April 22, 1939, by the assignee, McNeil Laboratories, Ine. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claim 2 of said Letters Patent.

[Ocal Gazette May 16, 1939.] 

